Rather than feeding you Google Reader Mobile's minimalist mobile page - which is optimized more for run-of-the-mill cell phones - Reader Mini is a 3rd party web app designed to take advantage of your larger screen to provide a much more Google Reader-like interface. That includes a sidebar pane with your feeds and a dynamically loading pane for viewing your feed content, just like the full Reader.

I didn't have much luck using Reader Mini with Pocket IE, but it seemed to work well on Opera. Reader Mini requires your Gmail address and password, so if you're not comfortable giving that information away to a non-Google 3rd party, you should steer clear of Reader Mini. If you give it a try, let us know how it works for you in the comments. — Adam Pash